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10 Minute Reset (10:23 min)

3/21/2018

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Nature's backtracking into winter weather has been like a balm to me this month. It reminded me that taking a backwards step is natural and does not require criticism, judgement or disappointment. For me, backtracking has meant returning to old projects that I thought were complete, but that needed a second look.

For you, maybe it has meant something different. Maybe you were one of those people who got REALLY sick this winter and, although you thought you were better, the healing process took much longer and you expected. Maybe you started a new project only to return to your intention for doing the project and decide it was not meant to move forward. Maybe you took a job thinking it to be your best option, only to find that it was less than what you expected. Whatever winter threw at you, take heart. You were not alone in your backtracking. 

Mary Oliver writes in her poem: Spring at Blackwater: I Go Through the Lessons Already Learned

He gave the fish
her coat of foil,
and her soft eggs.
He made the kingfisher's
quick eye
and her peerless, terrible beak.
He made the circles
of the days and the seasons
to close tightly,
and forever---

then open again.


In honor of our backtracking, I've re-mastered a guided meditation that people found difficult to enjoy because the sound quality was poor. The practice is a simple 10-minute mindfulness practice to inspire clear vision, deep listening, and embodied presence. May you enjoy it as this season closes and opens again.

Namaste,
Hannah

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Alison Reside
3/22/2018 01:53:58 am

Thank you Hannah
Always good to hear your voice. This meditation was just what I needed.

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Earl Gray link
12/22/2018 05:15:19 am

Thank you for this peaceful reset, and for the encouragement to experience it in multiple ways, or only one. That is a very timely thought and practice for me, in this moment of life, in ways that are arriving to be continued, or set aside. Your example of remastering the audio - even the concept of remastering what had been done, and sent out - is an open opportunity for me. Thank you, Hannah. I am grateful.

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    Hannah Leatherbury

    ​Hannah has been a student of yoga and meditation since 2003 and a practitioner of Ayurveda since 2013. She spent a decade teaching yoga classes and yoga teacher trainings throughout the metro-DC area. In August of 2019, she left full-time teaching to pursue a two-year Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She intends to combine yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda into speech therapy sessions with those struggling to share their voices. While she does not currently teach regular classes, you can study with her online through Insight Timer. 

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